This calls into question her viability as a breeder. Could she dig a proper nest with soft stubs for feet, without claws? I don't know. I suppose if she found soft sand or very wet soil, she might be able to dig a nest of sorts.
Damn shrews.
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Thurs. Feb. 27, 2020, 7 PM: "Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay" at Mt. St. Joseph University Theater, 5701 Delhi Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45233. Doors open 6:30 pm. For info call Colleen McSwiggin (513) 244-4864
Mar. 11-15, 2020: Bird Friendly Backyard workshop and Saving Jemima talk at Joint Conference, N. Am. Bluebird Society/Bluebirds Across Nebraska, Holiday Inn Convention Center, Kearney, NE. Right in the middle of sandhill crane migration! Call (308) 237-5971 for reservations.
Mon. Mar. 23, 2020, 6 PM: "Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay" at Morgan Co. Master Gardeners Event, Twin City Opera House, 15 W. Main St., McConnelsville, OH. Free and open to the public. Call (740) 962-4854 for information.
Sun. Mar. 29, 2020, 3 PM: "Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay" at Sunday With Friends,, Washington Co. Public Library, 205 Oak Hill St. NE, Abingdon, VA 24210. For more information, call (276) 676-6390
Apr. 30-May 2, 2020: Julie Zickefoose at New River Birding Festival, Opossum Creek Retreat, Fayetteville, WV. Friday night keynote: Saving Jemima. Curtis Loew, miracle curdoggie, presiding.
May 7, 2020, 7 pm: "Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay" at Campus Martius Museum, Washington and Third Streets, Marietta, OH. Booksigning after. If you missed the Esbenshade lecture/ People's Bank talk in November 2019, this is your event!
Weds. May 13 2020, 5:30 PM: "Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay" at Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center's event at Essex Meadows, 30 Bokum Rd., Essex, CT 06426 This event is open to the public.
Thurs. May 14 2020, 6 PM: "Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay" at New Haven Bird Club's Annual Banquet, Amarante's Restaurant, 62 Cove St., New Haven, CT 06512. This event is open to the public!
Sat. May 16, 2020: "Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay" for Bergen Co. Audubon Society at Meadowlands Environment Center, 2 DeKorte Park Plz, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 Time to be announced. Call (201) 460-1700 for more info.
Sun. May 17, 2020, 2 PM: "Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay" at White Memorial Conservation Center, 80 Whitehall Rd., Litchfield, CT 06759. Call (860) 567-0857 for information.
Tues. May 19, 2020, 7 PM: Good Reads on Earth Author Series, by PRI's Living On Earth with Julie Zickefoose and Saving Jemima at Mass Audubon's Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, 208 South Great Rd., Lincoln MA 01773. Includes audience participation, and will be taped for airing on public radio! Get the book first, read up and call (781) 259-2200 for information.
Thurs. May 21, 2020 6 pm: Julie Zickefoose, "Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay" at Bigelow Chapel, Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt. Auburn St. Cambridge MA 02138. Call (617) 547-7105 for more info.
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11 comments:
I was hoping for a different ending. She was quite a beauty.
There's always the thought that her progeny remain there to carry on…a la Charlotte.
You have a remarkable way of taking us from joy to tears, and, everywhere in-between.
I'm sorry The Golden Turtle is gone. But as you said she didn't go unappreciated and at least you saw her one more time, even though she was dead. I hope you find another Golden Turtle who lives on your land for decades! (I had no idea shrews ate turtles. Is this a normal food chain thing?)
Your heart is so big, and I appreciate the respect given to all the little guys you meet.
She certainly did have a "show stopper" garb. And was one of a lucky few to be honored by your respect and a poem. How old do you think she was ?
Hi Julie....sharing your tears, but also remembering what Khalil Gibran said in a poem ....to know great joy one must know great suffering. There is such a wondrous pleasure in meeting another being on the planet, especially when one is practicing stewardship of a piece of property like you and I are on different sides of the river here, and rooting for that being to make it.There will be more to hope for, cherish. and to mourn I wouldn't miss any of it.....<3
You took me from wonderment to tears in such a brief period of time. I'm so sorry for your loss. I prefer to think that on some cosmic level, she knew of your love and admiration for her. That is why when she knew her time was over, she picked a place where you would once again see her and mourn her passing. She had a great life on your land, and I'm sure that she appreciated what you gave to her every bit as much as you appreciated what she brought to you.
I know someday you will meet her children. Your energy will draw them close to you. Blessings.
I found a very similar box turtle - alive! - the same day in the mulch in my garden! She was probably eating my blackberries and is welcome to them.
I'm sorry Julie, I was hoping it was a happier ending. I'm hoping that she just died a quick and painless death and that she was able to dig a nest last year and lay eggs.
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